What is the price of live tuna per kilogram/pound in Canada today?
The retail price range for Canada live tuna is between US$ 6.91 and US$ 14.80 per kilogram or between US$ 3.13 and US$ 6.71 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live tuna in Canada
The retail price range in Canadian Dollar for live tuna is between CAD 9.32 and CAD 19.98 per kilogram or between CAD 4.23 and CAD 9.06 per pound(lb) in Ottawa and Montréal.
Wholesale prices
In 2026, the approximate wholesale price range for Canada live tuna is between US$ 4.83 and US$ 10.36 per kilogram or between US$ 2.19 and US$ 4.70 per pound(lb).
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Canada Live Tuna Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Tuna from Canada over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 15.30 US $ per kg, followed by a peak of 16.70 US $ per kg in 2018. However, the price dropped significantly in 2020 to 2.86 US $ per kg and has since remained relatively stable at 3.15 US $ per kg in 2021 and 2.90 US $ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Live Tuna from Canada in 2023 will be around 2.90 US $ per kg and in 2024 will be around 3.15 US $ per kg.Canada Live Tuna Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Tuna into Canada over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price spiked to $15.30, before dropping to $2.86 in 2020. This year, the price has increased slightly to $3.15. Looking at the past five years, the average price of Live Tuna has been $6.90 per kilogram. If this trend continues, we can expect the price of Live Tuna to be around $2.90 in 2023 and $2.95 in 2024.Export values for Canada live tuna
The total values in export for live tuna in Canada were US$ 17, US$ 2,952, US$ 2,755 and US$ 2,995 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Canada live tuna - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of live tuna shipped by Canada in 2020 was 97 metric tons. In 2019 Canada shipped 208 tonnes of live tuna. For 2019 alone, the interest in Canada live tuna (fish category) has surged, changing by 26.061 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live tuna's exports went up by 7.77% earning the country US$3.00m for the year 2019. Canada's live tuna exports are categorised as:
- Live southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030195)
- Live Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030194)
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Canada live tuna export values
In 2019, Canada supplied live tuna valued at 3.00m USD, a growth of 8.89% from 2018's total live tuna export of 2.755m USD. The yearly increase in value of Canada live tuna between 2017 to 2018 was -6.673%.
The annual variation in the amount of Canada's live tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was 7.77 percent when compared to a variation of 26.061% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Canada's portion of the world's total live tuna's exports in 2019 was 6 per cent. Canada holds number 7 in world exports of live tuna.
Export markets for Canada live tuna ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Canada is a net exporter of live tuna. The annual growth of Canada live tuna in value between 2015 to 2019 was 5%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 4%, per annum.
Canada imported 8 tonnes of live tuna in 2019.